2019 all over again?

[Devil's advocate]

I seem to remember 99/2000 being a bit damp a backend or am I getting old and losing the plot

Think it was 2000/2001 the foot & mouth was Feb 2001 & remember drilling winter barley at the time.

 

[glasshouse]

Think it was 2000/2001 the foot & mouth was Feb 2001 & remember drilling winter barley at the time.

I seem to remember 99/2000 being a bit damp a backend or am I getting old and losing the plot

Yr 2000 was a disaster
Thousands of acres of tatties werenever lifted in scotland
The ones that were dug were crap

 

[Chuckie]

Think it was 2000/2001 the foot & mouth was Feb 2001 & remember drilling winter barley at the time.

Yeh I remember baling straw in March 2001

 

[2wheels]

Is it really getting worse ?
My great grandfather always said that winter wheat needed to be in by 10th of October on this farm, and they were using horses then.
In '85 the last of our wheat was put in from a Vari spreader on a tractor that was also towing another with a springtine on the back to cover the seed. The barley on the farm in Scotland where I was working in the spring never was combined, it was mown, baled and bagged (no wrap in those days) for whole crop.
Every year is different.

aye '85 buggered the tattie boys up here.

 

[Devil's advocate]

Yeh I remember baling straw in March 2001

Yes we did some too, a week before the beast from the East hit. Was glad of that straw, all used up within a month, fluffy small bales.

 

[teslacoils]

Back from hols and the dreaded first look at crops. Im going to say 65ac from 140 will probably be harvested. The rest all going into SFI when I get the paperwork next week.

 

[EddieB]

Think it was 2000/2001 the foot & mouth was Feb 2001 & remember drilling winter barley at the time.

Yes, we were getting the beet harvester stuck several times a day. We bought our first combi drill that autumn so we could put stuff in right behind the plough, cutting edge stuff for Staffordshire! ;-)

 

[thorpe]

Yes, we were getting the beet harvester stuck several times a day. We bought our first combi drill that autumn so we could put stuff in right behind the plough, cutting edge stuff for Staffordshire! ;-)

please don't talk about getting stuck with the beet harvester, might have a go this week.

 

[Barleymow]

Will the maize be ok harvested on a frost? Mind you, do you get frosts in Somerset?

Son combining it is the snow in the US

 

[Wombat]

Raining again, serously can we just cut 2023 7 weeks short

 

[bankrupt]

In 2019 we'd had 215mm now since the first of October - but only 210 this time.

 

[Gill Horse]

We've had 225mm this October and 70mm so far this November

 

[teslacoils]

Tbh a month ago I was quite upset. Now resigned to it and making spring plans.

 

[Gill Horse]

Tbh a month ago I was quite upset. Now resigned to it and making spring plans.

Good on you. I know it's easier said than done, but there's no point in fretting about something you can't control. Mother nature does as she likes, always has and always will.

 

[Huno]

Good on you. I know it's easier said than done, but there's no point in fretting about something you can't control. Mother nature does as she likes, always has and always will.

Gotta love her

 

[Wombat]

another 5mm today, even the supposed dry few days end up with constant rain and sh!t

 

[Huno]

another 5mm today, even the supposed dry few days end up with constant rain and sh!t

just imagine if farmers controlled the sales of water not crops?? bring it on....

 

[Wombat]

just imagine if farmers controlled the sales of water not crops?? bring it on....

to be honest if that meant having years like this as the norm then no thanks, i am emigrating

 

[Huno]

to be honest if that meant having years like this as the norm then no thanks, i am emigrating

Very tempting.. totally agree pal...

 

[Jsmith2211]

Tbh a month ago I was quite upset. Now resigned to it and making spring plans.

How are you getting on with said spring plans... agronomist has told me we cant get any extra spring seed other than what we planned for in october - one field of spring pea and barley intercrop...

Hopefully find some seed elsewhere, or i suppose home saved will be the only way. Quality of that isnt the best though this year, oats have a fair amount of the wild variety in with them...

Also the option of legume fallow. Might be worth considering if all else fails.